Mental Health
Open, honest dialogue about mental health is so important. These posts offer perspectives often missing from the conversation.
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Stop Blaming Mental Illness for Evil Behavior
Content note: mental illness, inpatient psychiatric treatment, gun violence The worst experience of my life occurred during my fourth round of inpatient psychiatric treatment in 2016. Having used up all of my Medicare days at one of the country’s best…
#LiveOn: A Reminder to Love Ourselves a Little More
Content note: discussion of suicide This September, we recognized Suicide Prevention Month. While suicide is a difficult topic for many in our society to discuss, how suicide affects the disability community is an even more challenging topic. However, people with …
People with Physical Disabilities May Also Need Mental Health Supports, and That’s Okay
This is a story that I was almost afraid to tell. But the fact that I hesitated, that I worried about how it may be received by people that know me in “real life,” is the only reason that I…
My Family’s Normalization of Pain Made Me Believe I Wasn’t Strong
My three little toes on the outer sides of my feet curl inward so that when I walk I sometimes step on them. They look like calloused half moons. The skin is red and blistered. My body has adapted to…
Two Generations Reflect on Life Before and After the Americans with Disabilities Act
The following is a conversation about attitudes, access, and ableism before and after the passage of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) between Laura and Wren Reeve, mother and offspring, aged 48 and 19. Both have multiple chronic illnesses (between …
An Interview with Angela
Imagine the possibility of a world in which we all care about each other.…
Disabled People Deserve Better Access to Care for Eating Disorder Recovery
The first time in what was already a decade-long experience of anorexia that someone was willing to admit I had other disabilities, I was twenty years old. I was told I would be best served in an institution due to …
An Interview with Noela
Why talk about Mental Health? Noela Luka is a documentary filmmaker from Kenya working with Rooted in Rights – check out her reasons.
Noela is working with Rooted in Rights as part of the International Professional Fellows Program for Inclusive
